Add a configuration option to execute commands on startup.

Author: Mathieu Gascon-Lefebvre

AUTHORS

@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ Contributors:
     * Miroslav Šedivý (eumiro)
     * Eric R Young (ERYoung11) 
     * Paweł Sacawa (psacawa)
+    * Mathieu Gascon-Lefebvre (mlefebvre)
 
 Creator:
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changelog.rst

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Features:
 
 * Add `max_field_width` setting to config, to enable more control over field truncation ([related issue](https://github.com/dbcli/pgcli/issues/1250)).
 * Re-run last query via bare `\watch`. (Thanks: `Saif Hakim`_)
+* Add a configuration option to execute commands on startup ([related issue](https://github.com/dbcli/pgcli/issues/247)).
 
 Bug fixes:
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pgcli/main.py

@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.float_format = c["data_formats"]["float"]
         self.initialize_keyring()
         self.show_bottom_toolbar = c["main"].as_bool("show_bottom_toolbar")
+        self.startup_command = c["main"]["startup_command"]
 
         self.pgspecial.pset_pager(
             self.config["main"].as_bool("enable_pager") and "on" or "off"
@@ -758,6 +759,10 @@ def run_cli(self):
             print("Home: http://pgcli.com")
 
         try:
+            if self.startup_command:
+                print(f"Executing startup command: {self.startup_command}")
+                self.handle_watch_command(self.startup_command)
+
             while True:
                 try:
                     text = self.prompt_app.prompt()

pgcli/pgclirc

@@ -158,6 +158,9 @@ enable_pager = True
 # Use keyring to automatically save and load password in a secure manner
 keyring = True
 
+# Command to run at startup. Multiple commands can be specified if separated by a semicolon.
+startup_command = ''
+
 # Custom colors for the completion menu, toolbar, etc.
 [colors]
 completion-menu.completion.current = 'bg:#ffffff #000000'